Folding hard with a solid state reversing circuit

[MarkT]

@Gahhhrrrlic

I don’t have tremendous experience actually using some of these components so I take the specs more or less at face value and I’m used to having ppl tell me the product itself is less capable than the specs on the pdf. Bottom line is I need a nominal current of about 10A pretty much for any arbitrary amount of time without burning anything up. I can heatsink the chips if they can take it. I don’t mind using a single chip H-Bridge either…

Single chip H-bridges can't use vertical current flow and are very limited in current. However there are some which have several MOSFETs and chips in one package, such as the VNHxxxx series (such as VNH3SP30 - polulo have a variety of pcbs using these).

makes it easier for me not to have to re-invent the wheel but honestly I haven’t seen anything that has a couple of arduino inputs on it and a single output capable of 10+ amps so I bought some N and P channel fets… the best I could find and planned to make the thing manually. If there’s a better option, I’m still willing to go that way but I can’t

Simple reliable MOSFET motor drivers require a driver chip to provide protection features like shoot-through-prevention, under-voltage shutdown, etc. Without protection circuitry MOSFET bridges just blow up too frequently to be usable!

compromise on the amperage or the execution style (ie. I need to use arduino pins only to take a 24V single sided supply and alternate it back and forth). As for the regulators, is there something just as easy to use (like some 220 style chip with 3 pins on it) that doesn’t present a heat dissipation issue?

MOSFETs with on-resistances in the sub 1-milliohm range are available, you won't need heatsinking if you pick a good enough MOSFET until you are in the 30A-or-more range. However its a case of balancing the cost of the devices with the cost of the heatsink - 10 milliohms is far more easy to source than 1 milliohm, especially for higher voltages.

I’d rather not substitute it with some convoluted circuit requiring a dozen components just on it’s own… essentially building a power supply. The only need for it at all is to prevent a variable voltage coming from a battery that will decay with use.

MOSFET drivers are designed to reduce parts count, not increase it.

EDIT:
I imagine you were thinking of a switched mode regulator… something like a DC-DC converter. The ones I’ve purchased in the past, capable of 15A or so were kind of big’ish and I can’t say much for the quality… either of the assembled product or the cleanliness of the output waveform, but I guess it could be made to work if it was well made and small enough and properly heat-sinked.